[121323] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anyone see a game changer here?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Fri Jan 15 10:44:12 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.1001151030450.22812@soloth.lewis.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:43:35 -0500
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Jon Lewis wrote:
> Does anyone really believe that the use of targeted 0-day exploits to =
gain unauthorized access to information hasn't been at least considered =
if not used by spies working for other [than China] countries?
I think only those not paying attention would be left with that =
impression.
Spying has been done for years on every side of various issues. Build a =
more complex system, someone will eventually find the weak points.
Personally I was amused at people adding cement to USB ports to mitigate =
against the "removable media threat". The issue I see is people forget =
that floppies posed the same threat back in the day.
The reality is that the technology is complex and easily used in =
asymmetrical ways, either for DDoS or for other purposes.
The game is the same, it's just that some people are paying attention =
this week. It will soon go back to being harmless background radiation =
for most of us soon.
- Jared=
